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Golden Hills, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fellowship census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34482. The Survey maps it on the Ocala West quadrangle.

Golden Hills within Marion County

Then and now

1895 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Golden Hills, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Golden Hills, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Golden Hills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,094 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning37
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNW 44TH AVE (42)
9 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2011Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest Service225 FIRE (42)
9 June 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2001Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Golden Hills: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boutwell Limerock Mining - Clifton MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Lowell FloridaLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Zuber MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
White Construction Co., Inc.-CliftonLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Zuber Hi-Cal MillLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Castro PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gulf Hammock MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kendrick PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
No. 7 Kendrick QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Number 8 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Ocala Park Ranch1.7 miles16
Fellowship2.5 miles17
Quail Meadows2.8 miles17
Mount Olive3.3 miles17
Sherman Oaks3.4 miles17
Ocala Ridge3.6 miles17
Martel3.6 miles17
Emathla3.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 303921. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.